Quotes About Profit

If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not gonna make a movie about three girls, you know?

Making a big commercial movie is hard when you think about how many of them flop.

I lay 11-10 because I know the bookie needs that 5 percent that I give him. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to make a living and go down to Florida with his family.

I've certainly learnt there's nothing more important than cash - cash flow issues are one of the biggest causes of company failures.

I have always focused on the bottom line.

Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy a company, as long as money will last to buy it.

If you can't make 40% on your money in Russia, you're a fool.

Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.

Competitions are a business, first and foremost.

The music is fun and all that, but first and foremost it is a business, it's about money.

I'm a cash flow guy. If it doesn't make me money today, forget about it.

Frankly, if you can sell something at $80 a tonne that cost you $20 a tonne, you might want to sell as much as you can.

The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.

In big movies, interests are not aligned between those above the line and the financier, because above the line gets paid whether the movie works or not. The financier only makes money if the movie works, and that fundamentally sets up a contentious relationship.

Fundamentals make the market.

I never enter any trade without correction

Technology isn't the enemy, it is our ally, but only if we adopt a new model that puts people before profit. I realize that we seem far from that model, but I have seen it in action and it is a beautiful thing. So I'm not willing to give up yet. Hope is the last thing to die.

The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.

Most things that people want already exist, and with Amazon or eBay, there is always someone who is willing to undercut your price.

The U.S. and European markets have become mature, profit margins are lower, and equipment isn't so new. Because profits are relatively low, it limits the willingness of companies to invest in newer equipment.

What to do with a leading business that's challenged by a new technology wave without hurting an existing profit stream? The single greatest example of recent memory is Apple's willingness to decimate iPod sales by incorporating all the category-defining product's features into a new gizmo, the iPhone.

I win my awards at the box office.

How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters.

Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least.